{"id":2750,"date":"2025-09-03T08:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/wordpress\/?p=2750"},"modified":"2025-11-17T15:08:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T04:08:50","slug":"rushes-sedges-aquatics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/rushes-sedges-aquatics\/","title":{"rendered":"Rushes + Sedges + Aquatics"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 851px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<th style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Name<\/th>\n<th style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Common name<\/th>\n<th style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Abundance<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Carex appressa<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Tall Sedge<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Relatively common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Carex breviculmis<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Short-stem Sedge<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Carex polyantha<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Sedge<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Caustis flexuosa<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Curly Wig<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Cyperus lucidus<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Leafy Flat-sedge<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Empodisma minus<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Spreading Rope-rush<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Gahnia mirostachya<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Slender Saw-sedge<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Rare<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Gahnia radula<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Thatch Saw-sedge<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Gahnia sieberiana<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Red-fruit Saw-sedge<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Common damp and wetter areas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Gahnia ssp.<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Saw-sedge<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Isolepsis inundata<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Swamp Club-sedge<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Juncus australis<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Austral Rush<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Juncus continus<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Rush<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Juncus gregiflorus<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Green Rush<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Juncus holoschoenus<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Joint-leaf Rush<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Juncus pauciflorus<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Loose Flower-rush<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Juncus procerus<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Tall Rush<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Juncus spp.<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Rush<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Juncus subsecundus<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Tall Rush<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Lepidosperma elatius<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Tall Sword-sedge<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Relatively common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Lepidosperma filiforme<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Common Rapier-sedge<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Lepidosperma laterale<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Variable Sword-sedge<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Relatively common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Lepidosperma tortuosum<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Tortuous Rapier-sedge<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Heathy forest, regionally significant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Lomandra filiformis<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Wattle Mat-rush<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Lomandra longifolia<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Spiny-headed Mat-rush<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Very common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Lomandra micrantha ssp. tuberculata<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Small-flower Mat-rush<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Luzula meridionalis<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Common Woodrush<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Luzula meridionalis ssp.flaccida<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Common Woodrush<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Luzula meridionalis ssp. meridionalis<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Common Woodrush<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Luzula ovata<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Oval Woodrush<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Regionally significant. Recorded at Lyonville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Myriophyllum crispatum<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Upright Water Milfoil<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Schoenus apogon<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Common Bog-sedge<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Schoenus maschalinus<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Leafy Bog-sedge<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Not common<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Schoenus tesquorum<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Soft Bog-sedge<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Regionally significant, recorded at Lyonville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Triglochin procera<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Water Ribbons<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Wetland areas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 231.067px;\">Xanthorrhoea australis<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 145.5px;\">Grass Tree<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 297.95px;\">Eastern end of Wombat near Clear Water Creek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wombatnativeplants.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.wombatnativeplants.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name Common name Abundance Carex appressa Tall Sedge Relatively common Carex breviculmis Short-stem Sedge Not common Carex polyantha Sedge Not common Caustis flexuosa Curly Wig Not common Cyperus lucidus Leafy Flat-sedge Not common Empodisma minus Spreading Rope-rush Not common Gahnia mirostachya Slender Saw-sedge Rare Gahnia radula Thatch Saw-sedge Not common Gahnia sieberiana Red-fruit Saw-sedge Common [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-native-flora"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2750"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3801,"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2750\/revisions\/3801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}